Speaker Biography

Measurements Lecture 
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Plenary Speaker
Caitríona (Tríona) Lally, Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Director of Industry Engagement

Discipline: Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin 

Biography

Her research is focused on better understanding soft tissue mechanics and composition using novel experimental, in silico modelling and imaging techniques, with a particular focus on cardiovascular and urological tissue mechanics to inform medical device design. She leads several research projects ranging from using novel MRI sequences to inform carotid plaque vulnerability to improving heart valve leaflet durability through pericardial tissue screening and development of novel biomimetic polymeric leaflets. Her lab has received funding from the ERC (starting and PoC grant), and extensive funding from Research Ireland, much of it through co-funding with leading medical device industries.

Areas of Expertise: Cardiovascular and urological tissue biomechanics, Computational modelling, Vascular Imaging (MRI, US, uCT), Biomaterials, Medical Device Design

Website:  https://www.lallylab.eu/or https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=lallyca

Plenary Speaker

Professor Lizzy Cross, Dynamics Research Group, University of Sheffield

Biography
Lizzy Cross is a Professor in the Dynamics Research Group at the University of Sheffield, with research interests spanning the fields of structural health monitoring (SHM), machine learning and nonlinear system identification. Most of her research projects focus on the analysis of large datasets from monitored structures, where she employs data-driven algorithms to extract useful information, however, she has recently completed an EPSRC Innovation Fellowship pioneering a physics-informed machine learning approach for these problems. Lizzy is a co-director of the Laboratory for Verification and Validation, a state-of-the-art dynamic testing facility (lvv.ac.uk). She has published over 170 articles, including 50+ journal papers and 8 invited book chapters. She serves as an Associate Editor for the Cambridge Press Data-centric Engineering journal, as well as for the open access journal of Structural Dynamics. She awarded the Achenbach medal which recognises an individual (within 10 years of PhD) who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the field of SHM in 2019.